Rein-guard.



l PATENT Fries.

LAUREN M. sANBoRN, on GARDINER, MAINE.

REIN-GUARD'.

sPEcFrcA'rIoN forming pare of Letters Patent No. 653,561, dated any l1o,1900.

Application tiled May 1, 1900. Serial No.:15,085. (No model.)

rein guards or supports and contemplates the provision of a simple,inexpensive, and efficient rein-guard susceptible of being readily andsecurely fixed on the hip or other suitable strap of a harness and asreadily removed therefrom When desired and this Without entailing theprovision of holes in said strap.

With the foregoing in mind the invention Will be fully understood fromthe following' description and claims when taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a perspective viewillustrating a portion of a harness and my improved reinguards in theirproper operative positions on the hip-strap thereof. Fig. 2 is anenlarged side elevation of one of the guards as applied to a strap andWith a portion of one of the side Walls of its body broken away. Fig. 3comprises disconnected perspective views of the parts forming therein-guard.

In said drawings similar letters designate corresponding parts in all ofthe several Views, referring to Which- A.is a hip-strap of a singleharness, and B B e are my improved guards or supports for the reins ordriving-lines, the said guards being designed to effectuallypreventfalling ofthe reins or lines and also to preclude the same beingcaught under the tail of 'the horse. The guards or supports are similarin construction, and therefore a description of the one shown in Figs. 2and 3 will suffice to impart an understanding of both. Said guard ismade up of va body C and a hook D, each of which is formed in one pieceof sheet metal or other suitable material and may be nickelplated orotherwise embellished, so as to enhance the appearanceofthe harness towhich the guard is applied. The bodyO comprises a dat bottom'w'all a andsidewalls @which are disposed at right angles to the Wall a and are eachprovided With two curvilinear notches c, the said notches extendingdownwardly from the edges of the Walls and len gth- Wise of the body andbeing by preference provided with flaring mouths. d, as shown. The hookD is provided with a curved shank e, which is provided in turn on eachof its edges with lateral lugs f, designed to enter and seat in thenotches c of the body C, as Will be presently described.

In applying my improved guards to the hipstrap of a harness the strap islaid in the bodies G of the guards, as shown, and the convex sides ofthe shank's D are presented to the strap, and the lugs f on said shankare drawn down into they notches c of the bodies until they spring orseat in the inner ends of said notches. When the lugs of the hooks are'drawn down into the notches c of the bodies,

the hip-strap will be pressed or clamped between the convex sides of theShanks of the hooks and the bottom Walls of the bodies, and hence thereis no liability of the lugs f casu ally Working out of the notches c.This is especially true when the hook D is formed of sheet-metal and itsshank possesses more or less resiliency.

While there is no liability of the hooks D being casually disconnectedfrom the bodies C, it will be observed that when it is desired to removethe guards from the hip-strap the same may be accomplished by pressingthe hooks longitudinally, so as to move their lugs out of the notches c.

It Will be appreciated from the foregoing that my improved rein-guardsare simple, compact, and inexpensive and that they are adapted to bereadily and securely connected to a hip or other strap Without entailingthe provision of holes therein. It Will also be appreciated that Whilethe guards arranged as shown are calculated to eifectually prevent thedriving-lines from falling at the sides of a horse they do not interferein any manner with the free longitudinal movement of the lines. It isobvious also from the-foregoing that the above-described device need notbe restricted in its use to that of ya reinfsupport, but that it may beemployed in any case `and for any purpose where it is desired tomake anattachment to a strap of leather or other material Without making holestherein.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is ICO wardly from itsupper edges and lengthwise of the body, and ahook having a curved shankadapted to clamp a strap against the bottom wall of the body and alsohaving lateral lugs on said shank adapted to seat in the notches of thebody, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LAUREN M. SANBORN.

Witnesses:

JAMES ANDREWS, WM. L. POWERS.

